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Postage stamp APCs - 9s/ Dinosaurs Due: June 17
Due date: June 17
postage for non-Australians: May 13
I live in Australia - mail will NOT reach me quickly! I suggest you allow at least 4 weeks.
cards: all 4 suits of 9s
participants: unlimited
media: any and all but MUST include at least 1 postage stamp with a DINOSAUR(S) on it. Please make sure that you leave the top left corner visible (denomination and suit).
mailed June 12
I have LOTS of postage stamps and love using them on my cards so I have decided to run a monthly series of swaps using different topics on the stamps.
short of stamps? just ask - I have lots on most topics and I am happy to send them to you. If you need some quicker just ask in the thread, CynthiaSillitoe has said that she is happy to help those in the US who need stamps.
future topics so you can plan ahead:
July - 8s/ Flowers and trees August - 7s/ Transport September - 6s/ Land animals October - 5s/ Birds November - 4s/ Places or scenery (including Space) December - 3s/ Christmas January '24 - 2s/ People (lifelike or cartoon) February - Jokers/ Marine
Please include a background for your stamp(s) -bit can be an extension of the stamp design or abstract, or something in between. Please make sure that you leave the top left corner visible (denomination and suit). Plain card backgrounds will be returned unswapped.
Post to the thread to sign up or you can't get Rep points.
PM me for my address when you are ready to mail - if you have an address in Robina, I am still there.
Due date:
Cards are to be in my hand by June 17. I will mail your returns as soon as possible but remember, it took up to a month to reach me so your returns may take a month or more to reach you. Please be on time so others don't have to wait.
Postage:
Australian players: please include a $1.20 stamp
International players: unfortunately Australian international postage is still going up so I must ask for a well hidden US$2 OR a Global Forever stamp.
ALL players please include a LARGE address label (AT LEAST 2" x2"), I will supply envelopes. Please do NOT send those 3-in-a-row sleeves - they do not fit in my envelopes.
1. Do your best work - I plan to swap effort-for-effort as much as I can.
2. Clearly write your USERNAME and the SWAP NAME on the back of all your cards (so you can get fun Rep points) and on the back of your mailing envelope. I am running a few swaps and do not want to put you with the wrong returns.
3. Please mail early to allow time to reach Australia.
4. An extra card for the swap Host is greatly appreciated but is not required
5. Embellishments are fine. The completed card needs to fit into a standard pocket and the embellishments need to be securely fastened so they don't fall off during shipping. If it is too bulky it is more than likely that the card will not reach me - either because the envelope has been torn and the card lost, or it is too heavy.
6. I will give iTrader feedback when I receive your cards and will also update this post showing that your cards have been received. In return I encourage you to give iTrader Host feedback to me when you receive your swap returns, and Rep points to the artist whose cards you receive. After all, knowing where your cards went is half the fun I think.
PLAYERS:
0. donnacr - returned
1. fundygirl - received
2. CynthiaSillitoe - returned
3. Elliejaybird - returned
4. dithespy - returned
5. Haagmm - received
6. catladybj - returned
7. KESagers - returned
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Last edited by Donnacr; 07-26-2023 at 04:47 AM.
Reason: marking returned cards
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Please add me, too, thanks!
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welcome to both of you.
I loaded the thread just as I went to bed so wasn't able to add a link to my signature until now - well done finding it.
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Does anyone have extra dinosaurs they could send me? I'm coming up short
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Elliejaybird - if no-one else offers I will send you some but it would mean that you would have to make your cards as soon as you receive my stamps and send them back in order to be on time. Have you asked CynthiaSillitoe?
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She's got me covered! Thanks everyone
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Sign me up please 
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My cards are in the mail!
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Please sign me up. My 9s were mailed a couple weeks ago.
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welcome to Elliejaybird, dithespy and haagmm.
Haagmm - your wonderful dinosaurs came roaring into my letterbox today
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My dinosaurs have been in my Gallery for a while now - here they are in the thread
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we seem to be a very select group this time - I have sent invitations out but no-one else has joined 
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I know that the US recently put out a great set of dinosaur stamps, including the T-rex shown on my spades card, so finding stamps shouldn't be a problem. Ah, well. . .
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catladybj has joined via PM - hopefully she remembers to sign in here too.
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I spent today wrangling dinos. They're ornery creatures. I've got two cards done and hope to do the rest tomorrow.
Does anyone have a favorite dino? Mine is T Rex. Even though I have accepted that they weren't the savage carnivores we thought they were when I was growing up, I still see them as the top dog (so to speak) of dinos. Maybe I can't un-learn that childhood bias?
Utah was actually very fertile territory for dinosaurs. Many have been found here and a lot of the tourist attractions in the state are about dinos and fossils.
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I always liked the triceratops.
Thanks again for the stamps.
I'll be finishing mine tonight
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CynthiaSillitoe - I hope that those dinos finally co-operated and helped you finish your last 2 cards.
My favourite is the brontosaurus/ Apatosaurus as I grew up thinking they were 2 different animals only to discover later that the scientists had got it wrong and it is the same animal - they just found different parts of it.
Elliejaybird - I can't wait to see them
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Same as you Donna - my favorite is the brontosaurus. 
